Anadoras
Anadoras is a genus of thorny catfishes native to tropical South America.
| Anadoras | |
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| Anadoras wedellii | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Doradidae |
| Subfamily: | Astrodoradinae |
| Genus: | Anadoras C. H. Eigenmann, 1925 |
| Type species | |
| Doras grypus Cope, 1872 | |
This genus has been assigned to the subfamily Astrodoradinae.[1]
Species
There are currently four recognized species in this genus:[2]
- Anadoras grypus (Cope, 1872)
- Anadoras insculptus (A. Miranda-Ribeiro, 1912) (of uncertain affinities, may belong here or in Amblydoras)
- Anadoras regani (Steindachner, 1908)
- Anadoras weddellii (Castelnau, 1855)
References
- Higuchi, Horácio; Birindelli, José L. O.; Sousa, Leandro M.; Britski, Heraldo A. (2007). "Merodoras nheco, new genus and species from Rio Paraguay basin, Brazil (Siluriformes, Doradidae), and nomination of the new subfamily Astrodoradinae" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1446: 31–42.
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). Species of Anadoras in FishBase. December 2011 version.
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